The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31

70 which shorld be aided the "any
4moul, Of funds Yearly iDf tue Is'rary
aut museum 90. -.-... .--' -
Further along in the repoct ia a NOR
specifc "estimate Of reeded additions an
improvements" ms follows:
TOR THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Creamery building AID apparatus % 2,H
| EnIsrting ba N or hay q al IN 4chinery...... 81
| I'm .Orting N addit Lal number nj relis-
| tered cattl. to add to the herd already
| owned by the crlege........ ............. 800
Fencing IN lands row open belonging 10 the
| colege................. li5
s 800
For new dornitory to Accommodate 10 stn-
dents ............ 81,
Furniture for sane............. ............ =, u
For surgeons residence and inflrmary -
For two additional professors housea......... 3,
For mechanical department
| Additi to machinery and tools 2,'O
The income of the college for two year
is thus stated, the following being the re
ceipts from January, 1885, to January
1887:
TWO YEARS RECEIPTS.
January to June 1893
June, 1885,, to June, 1886:
lepe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800. 1859 ,
From state of Texas, general revenue. lO,DLu
From state Of Texas, University fund. 5,OOOU
june 1886, to January, 1881:
From Agricultural aud Mechanical col
lege....... ...... l6,4lS'o
From state Of Texas, general revenue. lO,UOOU
From state Of Texas, University fund. 3l5l.6
Total receipts............. ........... S76, 1873
Balance of cash on hand, $7,037, which
includes about $3.50, of the appropria-
ton from the University fund. An an
nual income in round figures of nearly
$4,000 for single b-anch of the Univer-
sity.
In the above exhibit the words from
Agricultural and Mechanical college," in
cludo, as the report explains, all money
received from all sources, other than the
state appropriation (Which appropriation
is made out of the state and University
fund.-; viz: From students, professors,
officers, sale of farm produce, etc."
These Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege items foot up 49,035.S0, for the two
years, $4,000 in round figures each year.
The assured income of the college for
the next year may thus be fairly estimated.
From the United States grant. -. ....... 9 "a $50
From students, professors, etc.......... "a 00I
$3S $50
Add from United States experiment APP
propriation ........, . ..... X mo
Total ............. ...... ...... E. So IS
independent of what Is expected from the
nue. and University fund. ............... Is O0O
Grand total. ..........,.......... 500 2SU
For support of an institution, claimed
par excellence to be farmers college,
though bus two out of thirty seven
graduates became farmers, for the
doubtless, which are given
in the following extract from the last cata-
logue, (page 81:
During the session, ending in June,
1882, the agricultural and mechanical de-
partments were both put in practical
operation. The mechanical was especially
successful The agricultural, however,
did not attract students. The causes of
this we're several, but chiefly the
requirement in that department
of uninstructive manual labor, with
out compensation. 1t was found that
students did not object to labor, however
rough, provided it taught them anything
adequate to its demands upon their time.
The mechanical labor was all instructive,
and made attractive. The agricultural
department consumed their time in such
work as picking cotton and mending
roads. That this was very serious mis-
take in the policy of that department was
soon seen, and at special meeting of the
directors in February, 1888, it was ordered
that labor thereafter in the agricultural
department should be instructive only, ex-
cepting, of course, such voluntary labor
as students might perform for compen-
sation."
This suggests to them another demand
upon the legislature, very small one OF
$1,000 year, which with all the resources
they have from farm products should GER
tainly be paid out of the farm receipts
They want this $1,000 for what they call {
LABOR FUND"
"For the encouragement of deserving
young men who often desire to pay por
ton of their expenses by labor on th'
farm or in the shops, some of the most